This is a running list of common compilation errors that have known fixes.

`dvd_struct' undeclared...

The most frequent problem people have when trying to compile these utilities stems from oms looking in the wrong place for the kernel headers. By default, it uses /usr/include/[linux|asm], but those headers are from a stable kernel so that when you compile a normal program, it will be using older headers. OMS needs to use headers with dvd ioctl support. If things are set up wrong many things are undeclared and compilation fails. The best way to fix this is to use the configure option --with-kernel-headers=(path to headers). Another way is to adjust which headers are in the default location.

Another common error is with the oms/src/plugin/codec/mpeg2dec/.libs directory. For some reason or another, this directory does not exist, and it needs to for compilation. To fix it, just make the directory:

Failure via segfault for no apparent reason

Sometime you have old libraries laying around that are used by mistake. This will cause unwanted behavior such as crashing. Get rid of old libraries from /usr/local/lib or wherever you put them and things should work.

If your problem isn't listed here, then likely the current CVS code has a bug in it or is missing a feature. You can either hope it will be fixed and update CVS every so often or subscribe to the mailing lists and report the bug or request a feature. To subscribe send a blank email to livid-user-subscribe@linuxvideo.org.